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Democrats Grill
Bolton at Hearing
For U.N. Position

Democratic lawmakers hammered at the credibility and temperament of John R. Bolton, but appeared unable to stop his confirmation as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

In questions on the first day of his confirmation hearings, Democrats on the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee accused Mr. Bolton, currently the State Department's top arms-control official, of having disdain for international law generally and the U.N. in particular. Democrats said Mr. Bolton's record of criticism of the world body would make it...